TUGUEGARAO
CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office 02 (DAR-R02) through
Regional Director Atty. Marjorie P. Ayson has directed all Legal Assistance
Division and the DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) personnel involved in the
updating of data for the Legal Case Monitoring System (LCMS) to attend the
conference-workshop on the system to familiarize
themselves with the operations of the LCMS.
The DARAB is the quasi-judicial body
the DAR which has the power to hear, determine
questions
of fact pursuant to Section 50 of RA 6657 as amended, and Supreme Court
Administrative Circular No. 29-2002 which state that the DAR is vested with
primary jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and
shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all matters involving the
implementation of agrarian reform, except those falling under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The DAR, in a bid to hasten the
resolution of agrarian reform cases, has installed a web-based system for
monitoring and tracking agrarian related cases which will soon enable litigants
to inquire about the status of their cases online.
Under the LCMS, agrarian-related cases
filed at the DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) or at the Legal Assistance Division
in all DAR offices nationwide will be entered into the system.
The LCMS program provides the DAR
personnel easy access to information on any agrarian reform case as the system
enables them to efficiently keep track and to determine the status of legal
cases. It also enables the DAR to more effectively deliver agrarian justice
services to stakeholders.
The DAR management is confident that
this modernization project will help the Department in achieving its targets
especially those requiring the speedy resolution of cases affecting land
acquisition and distribution. By:christiandsales
